CLARK, Charles E.; MARQUAND, J.P. [John Phillips]; James Morris Morgan (eds)

Prince and Boatswain: Sea Tales from the recollection of Rear-Admiral Charles E. Clark [lengthily inscribed]

Greenfield, MA: E.A. Hall & Co., [1915]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on front cover; 105pp. Chafed at joints and board edges; lightly soiled overall; just Very Good. Lengthily inscribed on front endpaper by James Morris Morgan, with an original poem: "To Ensign John G Phelps, USNR from James Morris Morgan / formerly a [?] midshipman in the late C.S. Navy," with ten lines of verse following, beginning "Three cheers! cried Mr. Morgan..."

This was Marquand's first book appearance, foreshadowing a long and distinguished career in fiction, including a Pulitzer Prize novel, The Late George Apley (1938). Admiral Clark, whose anecdotes are recounted here, was "one of the best-known and most admired officers in the U.S. Navy" (DAB), over a career that spanned nearly forty-five years and included service in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. James Morris Morgan (1845-1928) was a junior Naval officer during the Civil War; his memoir, Recollections of a Rebel Reefer (1917) is considered a high-spot of Civil War literature.

Price: $200.00

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